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Specials » Power » Opinion

Specials: Power

Power projects in a price maze

16 May 2013

CERC's decisions on Adani, Tata and Reliance's UMPPs suggest that the principles for raising tariff should be linked to an indexed formula

A new Chinese revolution

15 May 2013

Small households and firms may now sell solar power to the state grid

A good case for India to lose?

11 May 2013

The Centre is trying to force domestic sourcing of solar-power equipment, which may be a mistake

The power of fusion

02 May 2013

A project involving 34 nations will produce electricity via nuclear fusion

Coal, gas and misaligned priorities

01 May 2013

Policy confusion over fixing administered prices for these fuels is inevitable given the disconnect with reforms in user industries

How to secure India's energy

17 Apr 2013

The core challenge of energy security is to build up domestic supply through clean coal and renewable sources

The 'Hamlet syndrome' in infrastructure

17 Apr 2013

By trying to fit private parties into government frameworks, the sector is ending up with massive investments in non-productive capacities, ...

Oil blocks or blocked oil?

29 Mar 2013

Energy security needs to be broadly defined

A bright side to 'power' politics

24 Mar 2013

The listless response to the Centre's discom bailout package is partly a result of the fiscal responsibility legislation imposed on the states

Shale gas needs a Delphi exercise

21 Mar 2013

This rich emerging source of gas has the potential to transform India's energy economy, but only if policy-making is closely coordinated between ...

Taking energy efficiency to the market

07 Mar 2013

India's current initiatives to unlock energy efficiency opportunities rely heavily on market players for effective implementation

K P Shashidharan: The problem with gas pricing

02 Mar 2013

The exploration and production policy for hydrocarbons being the cornerstone of India's energy security, a committee led by C Rangarajan has ...

Power gains

25 Feb 2013

Recent improvements can be sustained through more reforms

Sunita Narain: Solar energy solutions

11 Feb 2013

How will solar energy be made to work in India? As I discussed in my previous article, there are three key challenges. One, how will the country ...

A step backward

07 Feb 2013

Price pooling of coal is a bad ideaThe decision by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs to, "in principle", approve the price pooling of ...

Adani Power: Higher finance costs, forex losses impact profits

29 Jan 2013

Higher-than-expected loss of Rs 619 crore for the December 2012 quarter saw Adani Power's stock fall 4.4 per cent to close at Rs 60.90; the ...

Sunita Narain: The how-to of solar energy

28 Jan 2013

India's solar power policy is now entering round two. Much needs to be reviewed and reworked, since the business of solar energy has seen ...

Sreelatha Menon: Street power in villages

06 Jan 2013

It's not just city folks who have realised that street power alone will make the ruling class do its job well. In the last two years, in the ...

A first step forward

04 Jan 2013

The Rangarajan Committee on the production-sharing contract (PSC) mechanism in the petroleum industry has recommended major changes, which would ...

Nitin Desai: The world's new energy economy

20 Dec 2012

Two recent developments in the global energy dialogue require us to re-examine some old verities about the strategic dimensions of energy ...

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